"We had Koumas, but we had me and Jonno or me and Derek whoever to win the ball and give it to him and off he'd go.

"He was never going to do the crunching tackles but you accepted that.

"He needs to pick a team who are going to fight and scrap for every game. I know that sounds easy but if that means leaving luxury players out against someone who is going to run the extra yard and put the extra tackle in, he needs to do that."

Speaking to Woodman Corner, Gregan also looked back at his time under Gary Megson and revealed the only time he saw present coach Darren Moore lose his temper.

Gregan will be putting his boots on again to raise money for the family of Eades, who died last year.

A West Brom All-Stars team led by former midfielder Andy Johnson will face Boing FC, the Albion supporters’ team Eades used to play for at Halesowen Town on April 29.

There will also be a mascot match, which will see mascots from across the country face off against each other, organised by Baggie Bird Challenor.

The father-of-two, who was an Albion mascot for nearly two decades, died suddenly on Boxing Day, and there were tributes to him at The Hawthorns when Arsenal visited on New Year’s Eve.

What is Woodman Corner?

Woodman Corner is a West Brom podcast hosted by journalists - and Albion fans - at the Birmingham Mail.

It will be sent out each week - with occasional bonus podcasts thrown in at other times.

It is not the place to bleat about the penalty we should have had in the last game or to analyse formations or systems - it is a place for people to talk about the club we love and share experiences of West Bromwich Albion.

Former promotion-winning midfielder Andy Johnson became the first guest in November 2017.